diff --git a/editors/libreoffice/Makefile b/editors/libreoffice/Makefile
index 20440af97e14..a7069da25a02 100644
--- a/editors/libreoffice/Makefile
+++ b/editors/libreoffice/Makefile
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ MAKE_ENV+=	verbose=1
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ( \
+    (${OSVERSION} >= 1300525 && ${OSVERSION} < 1301000) || \
+    (${OSVERSION} >= 1301500 && ${OSVERSION} < 1301502) || \
+    (${OSVERSION} >= 1400051 && ${OSVERSION} < 1400057))
+BROKEN= please update FreeBSD base system first to fix an ABI incompatibility
+.endif
+
 .if ${ARCH:Mpowerpc*}
 EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${FILESDIR}/powerpc64
 .endif